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NBA Trade Deadline Chat with NCAA Background Noise

The NBA got a head start on the blockbuster trade race with Monta Ellis, Ekpe Udoh, and Kwame Brown being sent to the Bucks in exchange for Andrew Bogut and Stephen Jackson on Tuesday, but the real domino everyone was expecting to be the starting gun was Dwight Howard, and he's now telling the media that he plans to opt-into his contract with Orlando for the 2012-13 season. Just how much further can the Howard Circus travel before the 3 p.m. trade deadline? Should Orlando even accept his offer to stay for another year? All they'd have to look forward to is another bloated, contentious, and ham-fisted year with every fan and teammate caught in the confetti of Dwight Howard's emotions. The soup du jour is NBA trades. Who do you want in your team's soup?